Thelesperma megapotamicum (Navajo tea)

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Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze

Navajo tea, rayless greenthread, Hopi tea greenthread

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Bidens megapotamica Spreng.
Thelesperma gracile (Torr.) A. Gray

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 9 × 7″ (21 × 18 cm)

8/26/2014 · Rte 117, El Malpais National Monument Badlands, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 21 cm)

8/26/2014 · La Ventana Natural Arch, El Malpais, New Mexico · ≈ 7 × 5″ (17 × 13 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Asterales	Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies
Family	Asteraceae	The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers
Genus	Thelesperma	From the Greek thele, “nipple,” and sperma, “seed,” and referring to the roughened achenes
Species	megapotamicum	From the Greek megas, “big or great,” potamos, “river,” and the adjectival suffix -icum, denoting a state of belonging to

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Thelesperma megapotamicum description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.